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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Date:  
To: Pablo Camacho
CC: techlists, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Microsoft Windows Deadline—10 Days To Update Or Stop Using Your PC
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will reach its end of life on
October 14, 2025

On 2024-10-19 15:39, Pablo Camacho wrote:
> I use Linux. However, I need to keep using Windows so that I can
> distribute the video games that I make to friends.
> I am going to try to make my Windows 10 installation work for as long
> as possible.
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> <> wrote:
>
>> My MSW10 got corrupted about a year and a half ago so I installed
>> Kubuntu on it. I have been luck. No Problems. I feel like I am
>> building some decent Ubuntu LAMP stack skills however there is so
>> much
>> to know about Linux... Yikes!! I'm a PHP dev... so I use Linux to
>> support that.
>>
>> I was first introduced to Linux in around 1998 and it was cool to be
>>
>> counterculture.... It seems now Linux is just another tool.
>>
>> On 2024-10-19 14:20, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> I got so fed up with windows when i built my new system in dec
>> 2023 I
>>> installed windows to verify functionality and then installed
>> Garuda
>>> Linux (Variation of Arch) and i have only run into a couple of
>>> stumping blocks that I am not 100% sure how to resolve.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I know this is a Linux list so this might be a little or maybe a
>> lot
>>>> off
>>>> topic. This is a good reason to embrace Linux and go MS free.
>> It
>>>> is my
>>>> goal to quit using MS by this time next year when MSW10 hits end
>> of
>>>> life.
>>>>
>>>> There is a Forbes article titled "Microsoft Windows Deadline—10
>>>> Days To
>>>> Update Or Stop Using Your PC".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/10/19/microsoft-warning-for-14-billion-windows-10-windows-11-users-get-free-upgrade/
>>>>
>>>> I am surprised this has not been mentioned on the list.
>>>>
>>>> After reading the article it appears there has been some
>> negligence
>>>> on
>>>> MS's part.
>>>>
>>>> Keith
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>>> --
>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>> from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
>> button.
>>>
>>> Stephen
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